While Lancashire were the “raining champions” in first-class cricket in 2010, it was Durham – the former winners of Division One of the LV County Championship – who were the county side most affected by rain in one-day cricket last summer, losing almost 17% of their playing time in limited-overs contests.
In contrast, Lancashire were one of the sides to lose very little time in one-day matches last summer, with the Red Rose county losing a mere 1.95% of playing time. Only Sussex lost fewer overs in 2010, with South Coast neighbours Hampshire – the winners of the Friends Provident t20 competition – also losing just 2.44% of playing time.
Somerset, who were the runners-up in both the 20 and 40 overs competitions, also lost a mere 2.23% of time, but across the Severn Estuary, Glamorgan faired worse with 12.13% of time being lost – both at home and away – with their total of lost time only being surpassed by Durham, Kent and Nottinghamshire.
The tables below show the percentage of time lost by each county in one-day cricket in 2010:
| Derbyshire | 3.83 |
| Durham |
16.94 |
| Essex | 8.18 |
| Glamorgan | 12.13 |
| Gloucestershire | 5.13 |
| Hampshire | 2.44 |
| Kent | 13.38 |
| Lancashire | 1.95 |
| Leicestershire | 6.56 |
| Middlesex | 8.25 |
| Northamptonshire |
4.94 |
| Nottinghamshire |
13.04 |
| Somerset |
2.23 |
| Surrey |
8.06 |
| Sussex |
1.64 |
| Warwickshire |
4.89 |
| Worcestershire |
4.06 |
| Yorkshire |
3.98 |
